Remembering the Marketplace of the Midsouth

September 2, 1992 - An elderly worker at the Mall of Memphis was critically wounded in an attempted robbery about 9 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Louise Warren, 71, an employee at Life Uniform & Shoe Shop, was shot in the stomach in an apparent robbery attempt, said Lt. Jim Ashe. Ashe said the woman was leaving work and was accosted in the parking lot on the northwest side of the mall, on American Way west of Perkins. He said two men in a blue or black car were involved in the attempted holdup.

She died a few days later. The 23 year old responsible was caught and charged shortly thereafter.